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 "title": "Leonardo and Baykar Fly the First K-SWARM Live Trials, an M-346FA Commanding an Autonomous Bayraktar KIZILELMA",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/leonardo-baykar-k-swarm-first-live-trials-m346-kizilelma-teaming/",
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 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-06-22T17:08:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:54:34.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRome, 22 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Leonardo and Baykar announced on 22 June 2026 the first live flight trials of K-SWARM, their crewed-uncrewed teaming programme, flown in May at Baykar's flight-test centre at Çorlu, Türkiye\n * A Leonardo M-346 Fighter Attack jet acted as the command platform: a Bayraktar KIZILELMA uncrewed combat aircraft autonomously taxied, took off and rejoined the M-346 in formation, after which the crew took control and directed it through position changes, ",
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